introspection

[baratron]

If I'm going to be ill for any length of time, I should add a lot of the journals I normally only skim back to my Default View. Especially the more literary writers and the communities that I usually don't have time for - that might help this feeling of isolation & loneliness.

Except I am still thoroughly in Denial about being ill, and clinging to the clueless over-optimistic idea that I might be better, soon, where soon is a moving target somewhere around this time next week.

No, I don't know which user icon best fits this, either.

Comments

[elynne.livejournal.com]

*hughughugpethughug*

[kshandra]

I'm sorry this is so frustrating for you. I'm keeping Yowie well-cuddled, and hoping some of the frubble makes its way back to you.

Illin'

[ailbhe]

I am often available for SMS conversations, rather than talky phone ones, if that helps at all. Would that help at all? SMS is often less subject to Random Acts of Baby than talk, too.

Re: Illin'

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, SMS costs me a small fortune to use - 12p per text. I'm on a plan that's excessively cheap for voice calls and comparatively expensive for texting - and I already have 2 phone lines.

Short ping email conversations work surprisingly well. I can reply to short mails much more easily than long ones. I'm very good at letting long emails fester. The problem is, a long email triggers procrastination because "I have to sit here for half an hour and compose something of similar length & clarity", and I get stressed about it - but short emails don't do that, and I can reply to them in 5 or 10 minutes.

Re: Illin'

[ailbhe]

That's what a text costs me... but since I don't use the mobile much it doesn't seem much, I suppose. I can't do email as I don't have reliable access to a computer during the day - though most evenings after Linnea is in bed I have two or three hours where I could be using a computer.

[ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com]

I'm not on your list at all, but nevertheless hope that you are not sick long :-(